Current Time in EDT
About EDT
The daylight saving time for the Eastern Time Zone in North America. Used in parts of Canada, the United States, and some Caribbean and Central American countries. It is one hour ahead of Eastern Standard Time (EST). Active from March to November.
UTC</a> Offset: -04:00
Current time shown is based on the representative IANA zone: America/Detroit
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) is a time zone at UTC offset -04:00. As of Saturday, September 19, 2026, 12:20:14 AM Coordinated Universal Time, the current time in EDT is 20:20:14. It groups 27 IANA time zones, including America/Detroit, America/Fort_Wayne, America/Grand_Turk, America/Indiana/Indianapolis and America/Indiana/Marengo, which all share this offset. EDT is observed in countries such as Bahamas, Canada, Haiti, Turks and Caicos Islands and United States.